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"Hoping to win the hearts of more "thirtysomething" buyers - and silence critics who berate the present Accord's conservative styling" designers sought to "create a look that would convey strengh, sportiness, and intellengence."
"...one of the Accord's key strenghts was its size, so exterior dimensions were left largely unchanged."
"Dispite hard numbers that show only a slight expansion of interior volume, the '94 Accord feels notabley larger inside."
"It's noticably quieter in cruise mode and more stable when pressed into a corner."
"Faced with the challenge of high-value new entries such as the Nissan Altima..."
"Even with substantial mechanical improvements and more standard equipment, they're vowing to price the '94 Accord at near '93 levels when it debuts this fall."
last night i went to filled it up, it went about 280 mile (2/3 highway) and the fuel gauge is about little below half full. i expected to put in about 12 to 13 gal. but the pump popped after about 8 gal, i thoguth the pump malfunctioned and held down the handle to filled some more, the pump popped again, and it's still less than 9 gal in. then i decided not to put any more in and left, and the fuel gauge returned to full position.
now this give me about 35 mpg, sounds too good to be true. now i'm more worried about what's wrong with it, i've never encounter any problem like this before.
Actually, I find that I go further on the 1st 1/2 tank than the second on both our vehicles. IMHO, the gas guage strictly gives an approximation - it's not a precise instrument.
35 mpg sounds plausible on a long hwy trip. My 98 Accord will return 30 mpg on a 150 mile highway jaunt at 70-75 mph.
35 mpg is probably too much for a 94 Camry, but low 30s is certainly doable. My 98 Accord has consistently returned 31-33 mpg when pushed hard (75-80 mph) on freeways, better than my 92 Camry ever did, but not as well as my 88 Corolla GT-S (36-37 mpg).
no i'm not here for bragging.
35 mpg did seem too good, consider there are 100 miles city driving in there. also consider the lowest ever i got was 16 mpg, 35 is over twice that. guess i'll wait and see how next few tank turns out.
I don't know anything about cars, so I don't know if this makes sense but I hope this helps. I haven't picked up the car yet so I can't verify it is fixed but I'll re-post if I have any continuing or new problems.
FYI, I stopped by my local Honda dealer and they had an Accord sedans in all 8 colors sitting in a row. This was the first time I had been able to see them all together. I sure wish you could get the ivory interior with the red or blue exterior.
i still think it may be the rain gutter/black trim on the outside...i got to make a sort of "snap noise" when i pushed down on it last night and then on the commute in today (20 miles), it was absent...then again...we've had it disappear for 100+ miles before only to reappear.
in our case, it really isn't all that bad. it would be liveable, IF it would stay constant. but what happens is that it goes away, we're used to a perfectly quiet car and then after X miles, it reappears for a while...only to disappear again.
i would say over the first 1300+ miles on the car, it's been there about 25% of the time...not bad...but i wish it were 0%!
cheers...
They now say they will remove the paneling near the roof on the driver's side to isolate the rattling. They estimate I'll have my car back in 2 days.
I'll advise of the result.
We had a rattle in our '01 Accord that I noticed during a week long vacation. I swore it was coming from the passenger side tweeter speaker. My father-in-law was riding in the car once that week and telling me it was coming from the instrument panel. On the way home, I noticed the rattle had stopped when I turned off the fan and would start again if you turned the fan on.
It turns out the rattle was a plastic parking pass hung on the rear view mirror. When the fan was on and blowing through the vents above the radio, the wind caused it to rattle against the mirror.
I was glad to have figured this out before taking the car into the dealer to be fixed!
How can i fix it?
I haven't gone in yet, and probably won't buy until they have been out a little while and there is a better selection but I wanted to let everybody know.
Bob
As I am just starting to research this. Can any one give me the pros/cons of rebuilt vs. new transmissions, and the cost savings for going rebuilt?
Any help is appreciated.
Jay
The they wouldn't go lower then $35,300 as a drive away price. How did you find the service at Yellowhead? Over the past year I've been there 3 times and every time they've greeted me with "Haven't I seen you before" which I found really odd as I've never seen the same sales person twice.
Tom
Tom
Arrive at the dealership only to have them tell me that it's already been sold. Apparently, the advertisement was only for one car with a specific VIN that's printed in very small letters at the bottom of the ad. Would've been nice if they actually printed something like "Only one available at this price."
I am not sure what kind of price you can get for one; since they just came out (I live in the Northwest).
Thx
However, since September, the pricing on the accords seems to have become a bit more reasonable. Some people have been quoted prices within $500 of invoice (EX-V6) or even less. Here's a question, do you think the same is going to happen with the nav system vehicles? Of course the company line you get from the dealers is that the prices may stay the same or some are even optimistic enough to claim that once people get a taste of the nav systems that prices will even go up. It seems like a simple supply demand issue. On the supply side we have the following possible scenarios:
1. Honda uses limited supply to keep demand and prices high. Something ala the Pilot. We are still talking about the Accords here though. Honda's bread and butter. Granted, as we move up the accord feature line LX->EX->EX-V6 we get a smaller percentage of Accord sales. I wonder if considers the EX-V6 nav to be close enough to the Acura TL line that they can afford to release fewer numbers, to maintain high demand.
2. There just isn't the expected demand those that do sell are sold at a premium. I do not think that this is a very likely scenario.
3. Scarcity will continue do to a lack of supply, due to either insufficient manufacturing capabilities and/or unexpected consumer demand. As said before, this seems to be the dealer standard argument to counter the idea of waiting.
That last point takes us to the other side of the supply/demand. Will the demand be so great that the dealers can afford to keep prices high?
I am obviously really interested in this because I plan to buy an Accord with a Nav system soon Sooner rather than later because my current car is starting to go on the fritz. The nav system, because I could probably get lost in my own house.
Enough rambling, what do you guys think? What is going to happen with the nav-equipped Accords? Will the prices drop much like the previous 2003's or do you think that prices are going to maintain high?
Maybe I should have gone back and demanded my '1000 mile squeal'.
Please let me know if anyone know a good Honda Accord accessory web site.
Thanks,
Raymond
INKY
I assume the V6's will arrive first, though.
The 4 cylinder EXL models now have heated seats, 6-CD audio system with steering wheel controls and automatic temperature control standard, unlike in 2002 when you needed the V6 model for those features.
Even the GPS navigation will be available on the EXL.
Any other differences between EXL and EXV6?
If the 4 cylinder models are not too noisy, I might look at them.
Maybe for 2004 or 2005, even the side curtain airbags will become available on the EXL.